Editing Andrew Hall (section)

==International career==
During the 2003 England tour he received a late call-up to the South African squad and impressed with 16 wickets in the Test series. He scored a match-winning 99 not out at Headingley and became the 5th batsman in Test cricket to have been stranded one short of a hundred.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64041.html|title=4th Test: England v South Africa at Leeds, Aug 21-25, 2003. Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125110.html|title=South Africa close in on victory after Hall's heroics|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en}}</ref><ref name=bbc24aug03>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/eng_v_sa_2003/3177933.stm Hall makes his mark], [[BBC Sport]], 2003-08-24. Retrieved 2017-10-22.</ref>

In 2004, due to the absence of the recently retired [[Gary Kirsten]] and non-touring [[Herschelle Gibbs]], he was promoted to open the batting in the Test series against [[Indian cricket team|India]]. He reacted to the added responsibility by scoring 163 at [[Green Park Stadium|Kanpur]] - his maiden Test century.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/141823.html|title=Hall makes his mark|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en}}</ref> The century was made against the likes of [[Anil Kumble]] and [[Harbhajan Singh]], batting for almost ten hours.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64109.html|title=1st Test: India v South Africa at Kanpur, Nov 20-24, 2004. Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/238063.html|title=India v South Africa|date=2006-02-20|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/924033.html|title=The makeshift opener who batted and batted|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en}}</ref>

He holds the World Record 8th wicket stand in ODI cricket of 138 with [[Justin Kemp]], made against India in November 2006. His contribution was an unbeaten 56 from 47 balls and he went on to take 3 wickets in the second innings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/249212.html|title=3rd ODI: South Africa v India at Cape Town, Nov 26, 2006. Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/252072.html|title=Records. One-Day Internationals. Partnership records. Highest partnerships by wicket |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref>

During the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies he took his maiden 5 wicket haul (5/18) against England on 17 April at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/247500.html|title=44th Match, Super Eights: England v South Africa at Bridgetown, Apr 17, 2007. Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/290966.html|title=Clinical South Africa crush hopeless England|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en}}</ref>

===International retirement===
Hall retired from international cricket in September 2007. Whilst not giving a reason for his decision, Graham Ford - Hall's coach at Kent - speculated it was due to his omission from the [[2007 Twenty20 World Championship]] squad, saying:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/current/story/309191.html | title=Andrew Hall quits international cricket | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=1 September 2007 | access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref>

{{Cquote|I can only assume that he was reacting to the bitter disappointment of being left out of the World Cup [Championship] squad.}}